JP>Mas Ayoobs column in the August 96 issue of Combat Handguns is devoted
JP>to talking to the police after a shooting.  I've exccerpted the three
JP>key paragraphs from it.
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JP>. . . Do these two examples mean that you should follow the common
JP>advice and say nothing at all until an attorney arrives?  Personally, I
JP>don't think so.  An armed citizen or a cop like Alvarez has a
JP>responsibility to call in the incident immediately.  In the short-term
JP>aftermath, the police need to know things that only you can tell them -
JP>where the critical evidence is, who may have seen the shooting, etc.
JP>You also need to establish at the outset that you're the
JP>victim/complainant, and the guy on the ground is the felonious
JP>perpetrator.  If you don't do that, the guy on the ground is doing a
JP>very good imitation of a victim, which leaves you by default as the
JP>erroneously identified perpetrator.
JP>The call-in needs to include the location, preferably repeated, with a
JP>statement like "I've been attacked by an armed robber.  The suspect is
JP>down.  We need police and ambulance immediately."
JP>Arriving officers need to be told, "This man attacked me.  I'll press
JP>charges against him.  His weapon is over there.  Other evidence is over
JP>there.  That person saw it, and that one, and that one.  Officer, you
JP>know how serious this is.  I'll provide you with full cooperation and a
JP>full statement in 24 hours after I've spoken with legal counsel."
Sounds good to me.  I wonder if that might bear writing down on a card 
and reading it verbatum (with appropriate adjustments) like the cops used 
to do with the Miranda?
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